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aroraborealisAt moominmolly's recommendation, I started watching the reboot of Queer Eye a week or so before my vacation, and I pretty rapidly inhaled all eight episodes of the first season. I never watched the original series, so I can't compare the two, but I was surprised and impressed with a lot of what the new series is doing, and in particular, the profound transformation -- not just in their personal styling or digs, but in their inner landscapes -- that some of the participants seemed to undergo through their time with the Fab5.
Not every episode is as inspiring and moving as the others, and I think they sequenced the episodes wrong for maximum emotional satisfaction and reward. The episodes as sequenced on Netflix are:
1 - You Can't Fix Ugly
2 - Saving Sasquach
3 - Dega Don't
4 - To Gay or Not Too Gay
5 - Camp Rules
6 - Renaisance of Remington
7 - Below Average Joe
8 - Hose Before Bros
I recommend watching them in this order: 1, 8, 3, 7, 2, 6, 5, 4. If you're only going to watch one episode, make it episode 4.
Which is to say, I think episodes 5 and 4 are the peak of the magic of the show. They maximize the opportunity of getting a handful of tuned in, compassionate experts to work with someone who is ready to and wants to making a meaningful change in his life but needs to guidance, structure, or other leverage to make it happen.
I'm not normally a reality TV watcher, but I'm really glad I watched this series, and I'm excited for the next season!
What have you been watching and enjoying recently?
moominmolly's recommendation, I started watching the reboot of Queer Eye a week or so before my vacation, and I pretty rapidly inhaled all eight episodes of the first season. I never watched the original series, so I can't compare the two, but I was surprised and impressed with a lot of what the new series is doing, and in particular, the profound transformation -- not just in their personal styling or digs, but in their inner landscapes -- that some of the participants seemed to undergo through their time with the Fab5.Not every episode is as inspiring and moving as the others, and I think they sequenced the episodes wrong for maximum emotional satisfaction and reward. The episodes as sequenced on Netflix are:
1 - You Can't Fix Ugly
2 - Saving Sasquach
3 - Dega Don't
4 - To Gay or Not Too Gay
5 - Camp Rules
6 - Renaisance of Remington
7 - Below Average Joe
8 - Hose Before Bros
I recommend watching them in this order: 1, 8, 3, 7, 2, 6, 5, 4. If you're only going to watch one episode, make it episode 4.
Which is to say, I think episodes 5 and 4 are the peak of the magic of the show. They maximize the opportunity of getting a handful of tuned in, compassionate experts to work with someone who is ready to and wants to making a meaningful change in his life but needs to guidance, structure, or other leverage to make it happen.
I'm not normally a reality TV watcher, but I'm really glad I watched this series, and I'm excited for the next season!
What have you been watching and enjoying recently?
